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climbingaggie03
May 15, 2012, 9:07 PM
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So I'm in the market for new shoes for the first time in nearly 10 years. I had 2 pairs of 5.10 ascents, one that let my toes lay flat and were great all day and crack climbing, I have a tighter pair that gives me more performance but less comfort.
My comfortable shoes were in my haulbag in camp 4 and a mouse chewed on them and died in one of them, so I think they're retired.
Now I need some new all day/crack shoes. My first thought is some La sportiva Mythos, I also want to try some 5.10 Coyote VCS. I prefer velcro, but can live with laces. Also I have wide duck feet so shoes that fit well are hard to find. Are there any other shoes I should try on?
also if anybody has any ideas on how to get rid of dead mouse funk, I'm all ears.
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climbingaggie03
May 17, 2012, 9:19 AM
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anyone?
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SylviaSmile
May 17, 2012, 9:31 AM
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climbingaggie03 wrote: So I'm in the market for new shoes for the first time in nearly 10 years. I had 2 pairs of 5.10 ascents, one that let my toes lay flat and were great all day and crack climbing, I have a tighter pair that gives me more performance but less comfort. My comfortable shoes were in my haulbag in camp 4 and a mouse chewed on them and died in one of them, so I think they're retired. Now I need some new all day/crack shoes. My first thought is some La sportiva Mythos, I also want to try some 5.10 Coyote VCS. I prefer velcro, but can live with laces. Also I have wide duck feet so shoes that fit well are hard to find. Are there any other shoes I should try on? also if anybody has any ideas on how to get rid of dead mouse funk, I'm all ears.
Since you said velcro, I like my Spirit VCR Impact Zone shoes with velcro; they are comfortable for wearing for several hours without taking them off. I also have narrow feet and have to velcro them up all the way tight, so they'd probably have room for wider feet.
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jp_sucks
May 17, 2012, 12:24 PM
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If you have really wide feet, stick with 5.10 shoes. If they're not too wide, check out Evolv shoes as well.
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climbingaggie03
May 17, 2012, 12:46 PM
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I have really wide feet, Triple E wide, even 5.10 shoes aren't really wide enough, my foot way over flows the sole using the rand on the outsides of the foot.
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jp_sucks
May 17, 2012, 1:09 PM
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Are you near an REI or some other big store with a good selection? Your best bet is going to be spending a few hrs in a store that carries 30-40 models and put the time in trying lots on.
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jpanderson80
May 17, 2012, 1:58 PM
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My feet are wide too... 4E. I'm interested in hearing the responses too.
...just letting you know that you're not the only one out there. Hey... we're really good at smearing!
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shockabuku
May 17, 2012, 2:54 PM
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climbingaggie03 wrote: I have really wide feet, Triple E wide, even 5.10 shoes aren't really wide enough, my foot way over flows the sole using the rand on the outsides of the foot.
The Mythos are relatively narrow - to start with. But since they're unlined leather they stretch a lot. I have a mildly wide foot and got a pair that were too small in both directions to start, and now I can wear them pretty much all day with no issues. They're also on about their 4th resole.
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climbingaggie03
May 17, 2012, 3:28 PM
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I'm not near an REI or big outdoors store, but I do have one a couple of hours away that I'll probably hit up and try them on, I just don't want to try on every single model.
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shockabuku
May 17, 2012, 5:33 PM
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climbingaggie03 wrote: I'm not near an REI or big outdoors store, but I do have one a couple of hours away that I'll probably hit up and try them on, I just don't want to try on every single model.
If I was driving a couple of hours to try on shoes I'd try on every one in which I was even remotely interested.
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acorneau
May 18, 2012, 2:49 PM
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I'm also in the wide/duck/hobbit feet category...
My usual everyday/gym shoe is the LS Nago (or it's velcro brother, the Arco). The Nago is available at REI and is actually on sale right now for ~$75.
Even though they're lace-up only you should also check out the TC Pro's. (When I have saved up some extra spending money I'm going to get a pair.)
I've also heard good things about Acopa's but I haven't had any opportunity to try a pair on yet.
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wmshub
May 18, 2012, 3:07 PM
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I have wide toes but a narrow heel. I don't think there are any shoes that fit me properly right out of the box, but with laceups I can at least adjust to get things snug all along my foot. I know you said you wanted velcro, but if you're having fit problems then I think you should reconsider. Laces are just more adjustable. (I use Mythos and they fit me fine after I tweaked the lacing).
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